BrOp's Twilight 2000 Game (Free League)

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Suggestion: could we have the map in Google Slides etc. so we could mark locations there (and maybe of a bit smaller area)?

OK, I've changed the map to one that I found online (homemade) that reflects the actual geography of northern Poland and linked it in the Campaign Info tab.

Each hex is about 10 km across. You are currently located in the hex between the towns of Konin and Turek. If you can't find them, they are located between the larger cities of Poznan and Lodz.

Is this more what you were looking for, Wojciech?

Well, I was meaning a map where we (or you) could make markings and notes ("here we are", "there's the motor pool", etc.). For easier visualization.

(There's no reason why I couldn't do it myself...)
So I meant something like this

But also up to what others think - for me it's just easier to orient where the party is. Of course the party doesn't always have a map available, but that's player knowledge vs character knowledge.

Gotcha. Does someone know of an online resource that allows one to create a hex map from scratch that everyone can edit? Bigger hexes where folks can make lots of notes would be useful.

IDK, maybe just zoom in and create sub-maps of smaller regions? The map now linked campaign info has pretty good resolution. Then put that to google slides or drawings (or similar, in case of google allergy). There could be fancier ways tools for it, but didn't find any with quick search.

And, this is a nice-to-have, and absolutely not a must-have. Main focus should be in keeping the game running

IDK, maybe just zoom in and create sub-maps of smaller regions? The map now linked campaign info has pretty good resolution. Then put that to google slides or drawings (or similar, in case of google allergy). There could be fancier ways tools for it, but didn't find any with quick search.

And, this is a nice-to-have, and absolutely not a must-have. Main focus should be in keeping the game running

Agreed. I'll look around and see what's out there.

Google slides/docs works fine in most cases.

In another game, the GM is using Owlbear Rodeo which is also a great tool, but more for the tactical combat.

Apologies. I'll roll when I can

GEAR
- Assault rifle
- D6 reloads 1d6 ⇒ 5
- Flak jacket and helmet
- D6 hand grenades 1d6 ⇒ 4
- Personal medkit
- manpack radio
- Backpack
- D6 rations of food, D6 rations of water, D6 rounds of ammo
3d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 6) = 13

Hey GM....did you get a chance to look over the stuff I sent you? Just wondering as if it is considered canon, then I might be able to act upon it!! :-)

Roll20 is a pretty common online map solution for games, has a free tier, and allows you to set a map to be a hex map.

Hiya, the recruitment thread said that character creation questions were moving over here, so here are a couple:

1. Can players choose their childhood skill and specialization in lifepath generation (p. 31, section 4)? It's GM discretion.
2. Did the team choose group gear (p. 18)? If so, would need to know what was picked, because each item can only be taken once.

Jesse,

1. That's fine with me.

2. Yes, they did. The group supplies are listed in the Campaign Info tab.

Thinking about character direction. Might do an officer, but... that only works if you get lucky on promotions so that your CUF is high and you don't wind up losing all of your Empathy on later CUF increases, which would erode your Command and Persuasion abilities.

Oh, you asked which books we have. I have the T2K 4e box set as well as Hostile Waters, Urban Operations, and The Black Madonna. I also have a bunch of the older material like the adventures Going Home, Free City of Krakow, Airlords of the Ozarks, Allegheny Uprising, Twilight Nightmares, Boomer, Pirates of the Vistula, The Last Submarine, Return to Warsaw, this list is getting too long. I've been playing T2K since it came out in the '80s.

All in all, a pretty mediocre character. Well, one machine gun nest can take care of that problem. :)

Str D, Agi D, Emp A, Int B, CUF A
Skills: Close Combat D, Command A (Logistician), Driving D, Medical Aid D, Persuasion C (Interrogator, Psy Ops), Ranged Combat C, Recon D (Intelligence), Stamina D, Survival D, Tech D

Gear: M9 pistol, 3 reloads, manpack radio, flak jacket, knife, personal medkit, 2 food, 6 water
Group gear: Binoculars

The Major is pushing 40. He's a pretty grizzled veteran of Army intelligence, the kind of officer who looks a little rumpled and worn down but has a knack for sizing people up and manipulating them. Before the war broke out, he was one of the paper-pushers doing intel and analysis in Afghanistan. Early on as an l-t he went in with capture squads to look over war materiel and determine enemy troop dispositions; later, as he moved up into the higher level command ranks, he took on more SigInt, traffic analysis, and logistical roles. Now he's trying to figure out how to rejoin a unit in the middle of Poland after the Soviets overran division H.Q., and the only words he knows in the local language are "gówno" and "siwucha."

Thanks for doing this so quickly, Jesse Heinig. What's your major's name and nationality?

U.S. Army intelligence officer. Ummmm... Maj. Bruce Warden. (Possibly related to Maj. Warden from The Bridge on the River Kwai.)

OK, so I'd like to have Major Warden join you immediately. Let's say he was captured by one of the gangs who you just got rid of, and you hear him a short distance away, as they left him behind when they fled. All of his equipment is still here because they didn't have time to take it (or perhaps something IS missing from his stuff?)

Sorry for the posting delay, I am trying to create the alias for the character and the website keeps giving me an error.

All set.

One thing that I have not mentioned is that I am not a veteran and therefore have no first-hand experience in the military. All my knowledge comes from the media and talking with friends and relatives who are veterans. I will still try to do my best to make this game as militarily "authentic" as I can, but I'm sure I will get a lot wrong.

I'm not a vet either, and it is, after all, a game. While it is loosely a "milsim" in that the characters are in or adjacent to the military and doing military-esque things, really the gameplay is in how you survive in a ruined world and whether you can ever go home again, not about filling out your service forms with the correct numbers and making sure you always wear your dog tags!

Yeah, I'd prefer a Hollywood HBO version of war, rather than super-realistic.

I served in the Danish army as a medic. Never been in combat, but I did a tour as part of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.

This was in 1999-2000, so pretty close to the time period where the game is supposed to take place. We had frequent interactions with troops from other Nato countries, including US, Polish, Nordic and Baltic countries.

I served in the Danish army as a medic. Never been in combat, but I did a tour as part of the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.

This was in 1999-2000, so pretty close to the time period where the game is supposed to take place. We had frequent interactions with troops from other Nato countries, including US, Polish, Nordic and Baltic countries.

Very cool! I was born in Austria but when my parents first moved to Europe from the US, they lived in Flensburg, Germany, very close to the Danish border. I have memories from childhood visiting Legoland, but that's all I remember about Denmark, I'm afraid.

I served in the Canadian Forces during the late 1980's and early 90's. Never deployed, however.

We haven't discussed this yet, but the M1114 HMMWV you are driving has ALREADY been converted to run on ethanol fuel, but your group currently does not own a still. The price for one of those on the open market (Player's Manual) is 500, so for now you better hope you can scrounge one from somewhere! Even before the end of Operation Reset, diesel fuel would have been incredibly rare in central Poland, so it makes sense to me that the vehicle would have already been converted.

I can keep track of fuel consumption unless one of you wants to do this. For the 3km trip to the motor pool, we're looking at the following:

* Starting Reserve: 120 Liters (95 L main tank + 25 L in containers)
* Trip Distance: 3 km (~0.3 of a 10 km travel hex) on secondary roads
* Trip Consumption:~2 Liters
* Current Fuel Remaining: 118 Liters
* Main Tank: 94 Liters
* Reserve Containers: 24 Liters
* Range: ~195 km on roads (~95 km off-road) on a full tank of alcohol fuel.

Also, as the drive to the motor pool is about 3km, this will not take an entire shift, so it's still Morning Shift.

@Sgt. Bar: I noticed on your Recon roll you added a +2 to the roll. In T2K, an addition to your roll isn't actually adding to a die or a total, it's increasing a die type. So, for instance, if you have Recon D (d6) and Int B (d10), as both of us do, the +2 from the binos increases your dice by two steps. You must always try to keep the dice as close as possible in size when doing so, so for me, the binos raised my dice to:
Recon D (d6) -> d10 (2 steps)
Int B (d10) -> Stays d10

The final roll is 2d10, trying to get a 6 or more on either (or both) of the dice. Since I rolled a 5 and a 3, I didn't get any success on my roll.

For you, the binos would similarly make your roll 2d10. Since you rolled high on the d10 that you did roll, though, you succeeded the roll anyway. In fact, rolling a 10 counts as 2 successes, which is probably why you got so much information in the Gameplay thread!

(See "Modifiers" on p. 45 of the T2K Player's Guide for the deets.)

Awesome...thanks for the refresher!! I completely forgot it adds to the type of die not a "plus" to the roll. Been awhile since I went through the rules...will have to peruse them again. :-)

For you, the binos would similarly make your roll 2d10. Since you rolled high on the d10 that you did roll, though, you succeeded the roll anyway. In fact, rolling a 10 counts as 2 successes, which is probably why you got so much information in the Gameplay thread!

Indeed. Thanks for the explanation.

I think I'm back from this week

I think I'm back from this week

Glad to have you back. Axel, I still don't see your character sheet in your profile. Would you mind posting it? Thanks.